H's first birthday

I know we're still over 2 months away from H's first birthday, and while we're hopeful that she'll never leave our home, we can't be certain that she'll even be here for the momentous occasion- but in the event that she is still here, I'm already planning her party.  (Did that sentence even make sense?)

With the help of my good friend, Pinterest, of course...

Source: hostessblog.com via Leslie on Pinterest

As a kindergarten teacher, Eric Carle's books are some of my favorite books of choice to read to my class.  The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of A's favorite books to read and I hope that H will follow suit in loving it as well.  She definitely likes to chew on it!

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H's cough has improved greatly over the weekend.  I'm so thankful she responded well to the breathing treatments.  And we all enjoyed a quiet weekend at home- the weather was nice so A got to play in his sandbox for the first time since Santa brought it at Christmas.  I was able to get all the laundry done by mid-afternoon Saturday- washed, dried, folded/hanging and put away.  It was such a nice feeling!  D got the garage tidied up, I was able to start some DIY projects, and we finally got the junk drawer cleaned out!  Do you have one of those?  Ours is the smallest drawer in the kitchen and it's amazing how much stuff we can cram in there. 

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We've been working on A with his manners- saying 'please', 'thank you', 'no, thank you', etc.  This weekend, it was so cute to hear him remember these things without us reminding him.  Today I was combing his hair and he said, "Kanks, Mom, combin' A's hair!"  He always says it in a tone that makes him sound surprised that D or I would do something nice for him, which makes it even cuter.  He also loves to come find us and say, "Hey guys!"  I think that is one of my favorite things to hear him say right now.

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For some reason, I haven't been able to comment on several blogs I follow.  I figured out last night that it has to do with the browser I use since I was allowed to comment once I switched to a different browser.  So I apologize that my commenting hasn't been the greatest!  I'll try to make up for it!